Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, met President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), amidst the spiking security problems in the country.
After the meeting with State House correspondents, Lawan said providing more resources for nation’s security personnel is what he believed in. And that all heads of various agencies to sit up or be fired.
On June 11, the Senate instructed the leadership of the National Assembly to quickly arrange a meeting with the President on the nation’s security issues.
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On Thursday, it could be recollected that President Buhari examined the weakening security incidents in the country and announced that the nation’s security chiefs were not doing their responsibilities.
Lawan said, “I think we must tell ourselves the truth that the security situation in the country, especially in the northern part of the country, requires that we give much more resources to the security agencies.”
“Those who are heading these agencies, especially the service chiefs, must sit up.”
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“If, after we provide some support, someone is found short of expectations, he should be shown the way out. This is because the lives of Nigerians are so precious and therefore must be more important than any other consideration.”
“I believe that today, the most essential thing in government is to address the security challenges.”
He declared that the National Assembly was ready to receive an additional budget adapted to the basic needs of the security agencies.
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The President of the Senate said that security agencies should have the power to deal with the northeastern Boko Haram sect, the bandits, and other security issues across the country.
He added, “In the Senate, we believe we need to provide more resources for recruitment by the security agencies: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, immigration, the paramilitary generally.”
“We need to have more manpower or personnel and this is not something you get on a platter. Whoever wants to make an omelette will break an egg.”
Source: www.Ghgossip.com
